Example sentences of "[verb] about twenty minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | cook about twenty minutes . |
| 2 | Te first breakdown came about twenty minutes into the play . |
| 3 | I tumbled out of bed , threw on my tracksuit and joined the others shivering outside on the gravel ; the Corporal kept us waiting about twenty minutes until the Sergeant arrived . |
| 4 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 5 | With steelmaking they work in er two hundred and fifty tonnes roughly at a time , pour it in the basic oxygen steelmaking furnace , blow oxygen into the steel which takes about twenty minutes , then the steel with one or two other processes is basically ready to be used . |
| 6 | fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit |
| 7 | Approximately one hour after the onset of sleep , rapid eye movements beneath the closed lids occur ( termed " paradoxical sleep " ) , usually lasting about twenty minutes . |
| 8 | It involves about twenty minutes of mild discomfort . |
| 9 | And trains from Paddington into Oxford are running about twenty minutes late this evening , but I 've no specific problems to report from the buses . |
| 10 | Do n't try to hurry the programme of exercises , which should take about twenty minutes or so . |
| 11 | What we want to do in this session as I said it will only take about twenty minutes , there are three key things we want to do . |
| 12 | According to the packet , the chicken Kievs only took about twenty minutes in a hot oven . |
| 13 | And a dozen of my military colleagues will arrive about twenty minutes beforehand . |
| 14 | no they take about twenty minutes with salt a little bit of salt , give them plenty of water so that |
| 15 | They were expected to take about twenty minutes to sink to the bottom . |
| 16 | The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains . |
| 17 | The German shelling lasted about twenty minutes , one gun continued to fire , starting with a clear crack , then the sound of the shell passing over , followed by the explosion as it hit the ground . |
| 18 | The mortaring lasted about twenty minutes . |
| 19 | You have about twenty minutes , listen , to do this in your own way . |